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Story Of A Deal Before Its Time A deal is cancelled to keep the PM in the clear. The why of it. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | OUTLOOKGROUP MAGAZINES Feb 28, 2011 Cover Story MANMOHAN SINGH Act II, The Fall Of Man An embattled Manmohan Singh fails to give a convincing defence of his government's actions SABA NAQVI Why Everyone Loves To Needle Manmohan Iron Man Cometh Back ANTRIX-DEVAS DEAL Story Of A Deal Before Its Time A deal is cancelled to keep the PM in the clear. The why of it. ARINDAM MUKHERJEE, LOLA NAYAR OPINION No PM Is An Island To call a TV meet and mumble zeros, as Dr Singh did, is suicidal RAJDEEP SARDESAI PM'S IMAGE He Wore White Manmohan's 'clean image' is soiled. No hope for redemption? DEBARSHI DASGUPTA National RSS: INVESTIGATION Caught In Its Own Knots A desperate RSS writes to the PM PRARTHNA GAHILOTE EXCLUSIVE RED BELT FLAGSHIP SCHEMES Short On The Delivery Ill-managed, UPA development schemes have brought no relief in Maoist-hit areas CHANDRANI BANERJEE MINING: PLATINUM Gondpipri [Live] Its platinum-gold finds could deepen state-Maoist conflict DEBARSHI DASGUPTA POLITICS: AP Peace Offensive Telangana stir to take the Mahatma's path MADHAVI TATA INTEL AGENCIES: REFORM Ghosts Who Walk Long overdue, a taskforce report on how to reform our intel agencies SAIKAT DATTA THE SECRET DIARY OF Dr Trance Scribe Some of the latest data from our most recent VIP wire-taps (which I will later leak to Outlook magazine) AJITH PILLAI International FOREIGN POLICY: STRATEGY Due Southeast On the 20th year of its Look East policy, India gears up to woo ASEAN PRANAY SHARMA PAKISTAN: DEBATE A Scratched Record Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's detention ignites Pakistan, reopens old wounds AMIR MIR Business BUSINESS: TAXATION Nineteen For Him Indian taxmen home in on foreign deals involving Indian companies ARINDAM MUKHERJEE Society MERCY KILLING: ARUNA SHANBAUG Comma, Period? Is it too much to ask for deliverance for Aruna? ANURADHA RAMAN HEALTH: TOBACCO Image Therapy An SC directive stubs out industry resistance AMBA BATRA BAKSHI GENDER: JOBS Wheeling Into New Frontiers The roads are reverberating with a tough, reliable and new crossover: women chauffeurs NEHA BHATT Sports CRICKET: WORLD CUP Put Jaldi Into It Powerplay, slow tracks, dew...survival techniques for Cup contenders ROHIT MAHAJAN Arts & Entertainment TRIBUTE Raag Kishori Different gharanas came together at Sahela Re, Pune's tribute to Kishori Amonkar GOURI DANGE Books REVIEW Striking A Flint Near Heaped Combustibles M.J. Akbar brings new insight to Pakistan's past, but fails to fully plumb its maddening present and possible future SUNIL KHILNANI ON TINDERBOX: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF PAKISTAN BY M.J. AKBAR REVIEW The Light From The Centre Pamuk's poetics of the novel is informed by his craft and a 'non-western' specificity ALOK RAI ON THE NAIVE AND THE SENTIMENTAL NOVELIST BY ORHAN PAMUK REVIEW Model Studies Scholarly but very readable book that documents how corruption, ignorance, social disparities afflict conservation efforts K. ULLAS KARANTH ON CONSERVATION AT THE CROSSROADS: SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND THE FUTURE OF INDIA'S WILDLIFE BY GHAZALA SHAHABUDDIN REVIEW Learning Curve A rather cutesy tale about how two cats foil greedy Chinese hoping to sell tainted pet food for huge profits. KAREN MA ON CHINESE WHISKERS BY PALLAVI AIYAR

CURRENT ISSUE FEB 28, 2011 FEATURES LAST PAGE Mussoorie Diary It did not snow last winter. I have spent forty winters in Mussoorie, and I can recall only one when it did not snow. RUSKIN BOND MERCY KILLING: ARUNA SHANBAUG Comma, Period? Is it too much to ask for deliverance for Aruna? ANURADHA RAMAN HEALTH: TOBACCO Image Therapy An SC directive stubs out industry resistance AMBA BATRA BAKSHI CRICKET: WORLD CUP Put Jaldi Into It Powerplay, slow tracks, dew...survival techniques for Cup contenders ROHIT MAHAJAN PAKISTAN: DEBATE A Scratched Record Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's detention ignites Pakistan, reopens old wounds AMIR MIR TRIBUTE Raag Kishori Different gharanas came together at Sahela Re, Pune's tribute to Kishori Amonkar GOURI DANGE REGULARS PEOPLE Glitterati The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news MOVIE REVIEW Patiala House The emotional tenor of the film works, the characters and their concerns ring a bell. But it gets chicken-hearted in the end NAMRATA JOSHI QUESTIONS Amir Mir Pakistani journalist Amir Mir on his book, The Bhutto Murder Trail: From Waziristan to GHQ OUTLOOK GOSSIP Polscape Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas

PHOTOSWIRESBLOGSLATEST PMO Had No Role in Antrix-Devas Deal: Manmohan  JPC to Look Into Telecom Policy From 1998 to 2009  Maoists Release Malkangiri Collector RV Krishna  Unsatisfied with Probe in Radia Tapes Leak: Tata to SC CWG: Bhanot, Verma Remanded to 5-Day CBI custody Fare Hike Unlikely in Rail Budget Assange to Be Extradited to Sweden Rest In Peace 'Uncle Pai' WEB WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 COUNTERPOINT Skirting Failure The world, and the US in particular, is yet to respond unambiguously to the continuing adventurism of a nation that should have been declared rogue more than two decades ago AJAI SAHNI, TUSHAR RANJAN MOHANTY VIEW FROM WASHINGTON Whose Finger On The Button? Americans should stay away from idle talk in newspaper op-eds and elsewhere about "securing" Pakistan's nukes by force. Such chatter is not only unrealistic, but counterproductive BRUCE RIEDEL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011 FROM THE WIRES 2002 Godhra Verdict: Court Convicts 31, Acquits 63 Conspiracy theory accepted by the court but main accused Maulvi Umarji among those acquitted for the 2002 Godhra train burning 2G SPECTRUM 'Government Agrees To The Setting Up Of A JPC' We are a functioning democracy and must strive to resolve our differences in a spirit of accommodation and collaboration not confrontation. This, I hope, will renew our confidence in India's forward march' MANMOHAN SINGH RAJYA SABHA 'A Leadership Deficit' The leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister in his reply to the debate on the President's address in the budget session. ARUN JAITLEY VIEW FROM ISRAEL The Genie Is Out of the Bottle ... and no power on earth can put it back. It is the genie of revolution, of renewal, of rejuvenation, that is now haunting all the regimes in the region. URI AVNERY LIBYA 'Will Not Leave Libya, Will Die Here As A Martyr' Even by Col Gaddafi's standards, it was an extraordinary speech, full of melodramatic defiance against almost everyone, divorced from reality, delusional, long-winded and rambling MUAMMAR GADDAFI THE EGYPT EFFECT Red Uncle & Snowman And now a song adds to Chinese nervousness and gets blacked out by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security B. RAMAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2011 COUNTERPOINT Chest-Thumping As Hostage Policy And the faulty premise that negotiations with terrorists automatically mean capitulation by the state PRAGMATIC DESI PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 'Government's Foremost Priorities In 2011-2012' (i) Combat inflation (ii) Address the concern regarding lack of probity and integrity in public life; (iii) Sustain growth with equity (iv) maintain internal and external security (v) protect our interests in global fora. PRATIBHA PATIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 FROM THE BLOGS Quick Take: 7 Khoon Maaf An uneasy mix of the real and the surreal — the opulence of the dreamlike frames clashes unnervingly with references to actual events like Operation Bluestar and Babri Masjid NAMRATA JOSHI OPINION Inertial Advantage India continues to benefit not through a strategic or policy re-orientation but the sheer advantage of its size and diversity, as a range of insurgency or terrorism movements succumb to exhaustion. AJAI SAHNI BAHRAIN A Nervous Watch The crisis in Bahrain poses a ticklish situation for Indian workers--particularly Indian Muslims, many of whom are believed to be Sunnis, particularly if the Shias ultimately succeed... B. RAMAN BYLANES ' Bhimanna, You'll Never Abandon Us And Go Away' Legendary singer Bhimasena Joshi's eldest son from his first wife reclaims his father SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU STATE SNIPPETS Chennai Corner "Your government is not in a position to supply even 25 chairs but you are distributing lakhs and lakhs of televisions," raged Mr Justice M.Y. Eqbal PUSHPA IYENGAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 OPINION Sweeping Changes It's hard to exaggerate the impact that a democratic Egypt will have on the entire region, as Cairo resumes its role as the fulcrum and wellspring of Arab identity, ideology and influence RAMI G. KHOURI OPINION Tectonic Shift The 18-day uprising in Egypt is far from qualifying as revolution. Yet it is sending tremors throughout the Middle East, causing deep foreboding among some and jubilation among others DILIP HIRO VIEW FROM THE UK Stripped Bare Why is the UK Treasury frantically seeking to protect naked short-selling and strangle the directive by the European parliament to bring it to an end? GEORGE MONBIOT OPINION O! What A Fall Was There, My Countrymen Corruption is nothing new, but its magnitude is, as is the ineptitude, the incompetence and the lack of supervision which seem to prevail since this PM came to power B. RAMAN More... MOST VIEWEDMOST COMMENTED No PM Is An Island Act II, The Fall Of Man A Nation Consumed By The State Caught In Its Own Knots Story Of A Deal Before Its Time A Scratched Record Skirting Failure 'A Leadership Deficit' He Wore White Whose Finger On The Button? Go to Complete List